Sculptor carving a figure, watched by two onlookers
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1640-1691
(artist)
1640-1691
Title
Sculptor carving a figure, watched by two onlookers
Date of Production
1680
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with added horizontal and vertical lines in graphite
Dimensions
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 24.9 cm
Width: 24.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1988
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Sir Charles Greville (1763-1832), L.549; by descent to his nephew, George Guy, Earl of Warwick (1818-1893), L.2600; his estate sale, Christie’s, 20 - 21 May 1896, lot 375; purchased there by C. Davis; Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Recto, right centre: crowned shield with straight edges containing a fleur-de-lis (of a similar type to Heawood 1718 and 1719, though many differences - dated 1676 and 1699).
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Earl of Warwick (L.2600). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Charles Greville (L.549); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower right on plinth, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "P. V. Slingeland. 1680". Verso: all along right edge, brown ink: a long text in Dutch, only part of first word of each line visible before cut off at the right edge; clearly visible, however, is the date "1672". Mount (removed, but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: "8"; lower left edge, graphite, erased and illegible: "M[...]"; lower right, graphite, erased and difficult to read: "P. Van Sling[...] x Signed [...] / Paper of G[...] 1691"; right lower edge, graphite: "Coll / Greville". Mount (removed, but still mounted with the drawing), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, difficult to read: "Pur 1871 / [...]"; lower right, graphite: "B.M. / Spec".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Earl of Warwick (L.2600). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Charles Greville (L.549); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower right on plinth, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "P. V. Slingeland. 1680". Verso: all along right edge, brown ink: a long text in Dutch, only part of first word of each line visible before cut off at the right edge; clearly visible, however, is the date "1672". Mount (removed, but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: "8"; lower left edge, graphite, erased and illegible: "M[...]"; lower right, graphite, erased and difficult to read: "P. Van Sling[...] x Signed [...] / Paper of G[...] 1691"; right lower edge, graphite: "Coll / Greville". Mount (removed, but still mounted with the drawing), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, difficult to read: "Pur 1871 / [...]"; lower right, graphite: "B.M. / Spec".
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